Frames, The - Lay Me Down Lyrics






I will write you letters that
Explain the way I'm thinking now
I, I will return to you
What I have taken long before
I, I will return again
When it gets dark and day is done

And lay me down
In the hollowed ground
Down by your side I will stay
So lay me down

And if you wanna stay with me
Then let me know before it's light
I, I will recoil myself
Into the black and darkest night

And lay me down
In the hollowed ground
Where my father waits I will stay
So lay me down

And lay me down
In the hollowed ground
Down by your side I will stay
So lay me down





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  1. R.... x....

    Love this song😊

  2. E.... D....

    Just heard this for the first time ever on the radio.
    Class.

  3. H.... m....

    Great song from a great song writer!!!!

  4. 9.... ....

    1:01 creepiest part ever

  5. F.... M....

    The melody reminds me of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Summer Side of Life"

  6. C.... C....

    Just such a beautiful song

  7. d.... p....

    Burdge Bug brought me here

  8. M.... ....

    Years later...still love the tune:)

  9. A.... ....

    Ah, the song he wrote for his first girlfriend, the goth, he's been telling that story for years I see, I got to hear it first hand last year.

    Wonderful.

  10. J.... B....

    Such a passionate song, I can imagine feeling that sad if ever I lost my husband, and best friend.  Wow this guy was into some major feelings at 16.   Excellent writer. 

  11. M.... ....

    I heard the story that it was about when he and his Ex decided to be just friends and and together burned the love letters they had written to each other.

  12. K.... ....

    Aww, No Disco was quality.

    K.... ....

    KatieDelany.. Her dreamcatcher gift was so unique, Music was grand too.

  13. l.... c....

    favorite
    so many memories to it

  14. S.... T....

    I love this song. The Cake Eaters is such a good movie!

    S.... T....

    Steffi T. Good movie first I heard that song there

  15. a.... b....

    i love this song <3

  16. B.... ....

    This song has got such a cool riff. Mesmerising

  17. M.... ....

    I found this from the cake eaters trailer. Im only 14 but this song is amazing :D makes me cry every time :'(

  18. r.... ....

    @SirBigBrain corey taylors gay man haha

  19. \.... ....

    God remember no disco. Good times.

  20. D.... ....

    @irishmusiccentral lol thanks for that, didn't know ;)

  21. i.... ....

    @SirBigBrain It's an Aztec face mask.. "commonly used in religious and cultural ceremonies of many peoples, such as the Kachina".

  22. D.... ....

    lol a failed copy of corey taylor's mask at 0:28

  23. A.... ....

    This songs remains for me one of the most beautiful I have heard. It seems to link me into the Ireland of my ancestors in some mystical way?!

  24. a.... ....

    On a Live version of the song,he states it is about burning old love letters. So, to me... it speaks of letting love go but knowing it still sacred.

  25. a.... ....

    For those asking what the song is about...
    in a Live version, he talks about it being about gathering old love letters (from an ended relationship) and burning the letters together. So, to me.. it talks about the end of a relationship and letting go of the "earthly" tangible aspects of it. But, knowing that the relationship was indeed special and sacred.

  26. C.... ....

    this song is wonderful

  27. W.... ....

    Why isn't this band HUGE! Maybe they won't sell out :))

  28. T.... M....

    @Pendor42 ya but if you watch the video you see a listing for their show, with Mic Cristopher opening.. so this video could not have been recorded after his death.

  29. K.... P....

    anyone know where i could get my hands on one of these masks?? they were giving them out at the signing tent at witness in 2003, maybe earlier, but i must have lost mine. would love to buy another one!

  30. p.... ....

    this song is in the soundtrack for Bill Heath's "Sinners" it's a movie about the people who ski in Colorado and the Canadian Rockies. I originally saw it at the Boulder Adventure Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado. It is an excellent film with a superb soundtrack and I recommend it most highly.

  31. b.... ....

    love the Frames. Are they still active? They sound better with MaryJane guiding the band.

  32. F.... ....

    The Cake Eaters

  33. o.... ....

    great!! <3 it

  34. M.... B....

    love it, love it, love it x

  35. k.... ....

    Great song!!! check out "you" by Inouwee if you like this one:)

  36. i.... ....

    awesome

  37. P.... W....

    I think Glen tells a couple of different stories from time to time about this song. The one I heard was that it's about the great value of a simple life spent working everyday, coming home to the one you love and staying with them until the day you die when you'll be happy in your grave beside them.

  38. P.... W....

    I think Glen tells a couple of different stories from time to time. The one I heard was that it's about the great value of a simple life spent working everyday, coming home to the one you love and staying with them until the day you die when you'll be happy in your grave beside them.

  39. T.... T....

    freat song, so catchy, very good music

  40. A.... ....

    @ch23huang agreeed
    absolutely!

  41. R.... ....

    no disco! wow teh memories!

  42. i.... ....

    Happy memories, in the day, lost in thoughts, lost in time.....tanx

  43. w.... ....

    movie was good and this song is breathtaking

  44. D.... M....

    Heard it in The Cake Eaters.

    LOVE both the movie and this song!
    Amazing..

  45. s.... ....

    for flickety,
    who found this song,me and us with her own divinity and a little bit of help at this end.
    x

  46. F.... ....

    THEIR NOT THERE!

  47. H.... K....

    I think it's highly probable that the man was from north side of dublin. The accent over there is quite strong.
    Never saw an Irish guy speaking Gaelic. Well some people do for the craic making fun of me when I'm the only one who doesn't understand Irish :) I should have learnt it when I was young :)

  48. i.... ....

    the 'buzz' was the intro to the next music video "The Grand Lunar" by galway band band 'Cane141'.

  49. A.... A....

    they were 16 (he said) and she wAs a goth, so there u go.. :)

  50. C.... ....

    really? when i was there my frind and me were in a taxi and i was feeling awful cos i couldnt understand a word of what the taxi man was saying. then my friend told him we were not irish and then he start speaking in english instead of gaelic plus you can see gaelic everywhere in the city. thats my experience tho

  51. w.... ....

    The tenor banjo at 1:50 I think is really cool.

  52. A.... M....

    man, this is really... relaxing!

  53. i.... ....

    originally released in 2001, but probably written a year or two before that.

  54. w.... ....

    how old is this song? i've never heard it until now. i love the style.

  55. s.... ....

    i fuckin love the frames! the first concer i ever went to was them in the olympia back in 2004!! It was amazing!

  56. j.... m....

    is aoibhinn liam THE FUCKIN FRAMES!!!!!!!!!!

  57. N.... M....

    Do you know tour dates?

  58. K.... B....

    Amazing song!x But then so is all of there stuff, fucking amazing!x

  59. j.... m....

    this song is lay me down u are thinking of what just happenes when the heart just stops

  60. f.... ....

    thank you...

  61. t.... l....

    The girl obviously had no sense of humour. Her loss, our gain with the song!

  62. K.... ....

    I get it. I mean, she was a goth after all...

    He he he


    I thought it was really sweet in a creepy kind of way.

  63. l.... ....

    so why did he buy the grave; did he want her to break up with him?

  64. M.... ....

    ha,ha thats a mad story!!!!!!!!!!!
    hes brilliant.
    hate the late late.
    pat kenny is a twatter!!!!!!!!1

  65. O.... L....

    jeez, even i think its a bit far to actually buy her a grave....

  66. M.... M....

    The song is written about a dog the band use to see waiting in the same spot looking down the road. They reckoned the dogs owner has died and the dog is waiting for him to return. The dog will stay faitful to the end and lay down beside his owner.

  67. i.... ....

    I think the general theme is "Even if I'm dead, as long as I'm beside you, I'll be happy."
    ' Lay me down/In the hallowed ground/Down by your side I will stay '

  68. C.... M....

    really nice, soothing song. but whats with the day of the dead stuff?

  69. c.... ....

    lay me down beside my daddy

  70. m.... ....

    It was such a shame that they got rid of No Disco. I loved it. Those were the days. Lay me down.

  71. T.... ....

    Jesus, this is certainly in nostalgia flavour. No Disco and on the scroll it mentions Mic Christopher playing a gig. Ah them were the days...staying up late to watch No Disco!

  72. k.... ....

    They won the second prize in MTV for the best video (few years ago)-their beauty is in simplicity-That´s why I love them-and their music is great!

  73. A.... R....

    soothing.....